The Pirates used four consecutive passing plays to open the game with the final two throws covering 40 yards and culminating in a 17-yard touchdown pass from John Keane to Tae Richardson with 10:13 remaining. Cooper blunted Levelland’s ensuing possession and took over on its own 29-yard line before marching to the Levelland 24 and getting a 42-yard field goal from Nick Kouth that made it 10-0 with 1:43 left in the opening quarter.

After a short Levelland punt, one of the eight times the Lobos were forced to kick it away, Cooper moved 46 yards in four plays to a nifty halfback pass from Richardson to a wide-open Brett Salas that was good for 32 yards and a 17-0 lead with 11:20 left before intermission.

The teams exchanged unproductive drives the rest of the first half before Cooper flexed its muscles in the third quarter and put the game away. Levelland fumbled on its second play of the second half, and Cooper’s Cisco Rivera recovered. Five plays later, Kouth kicked his second field goal of the night, this one from 32 yards away to make it 20-0 with 9:16 left.

After Levelland was forced to kick from its own 20, the Lobos’ center snapped it over the punter’s head, and Cooper recovered at the Levelland 4. One play later, quarterback Nolan Savage scored, making it 27-0 with 7:45 left. Cooper tacked on another touchdown with 5.1 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a 1-yard run by Richardson.

The Pirates got a 26-yard scoring run from Savage with 6:07 left in the game and a 76-yard interception return for a score by Adam Taylor that made it 48-0 with 4:32 on the clock.